topic Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus in Get Support

Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

Jennamie — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:21:52 GMT

Hi there, my mother is looking to switch from Telus to PM, can we use the same SIM card she is currently using at Telus to sign up at PM?

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

mimmo — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 22:56:42 GMT

No. You need to buy a public mobile sim. They cost 10$ and there are several decent promos it refer a friend which give .both parties a 25$ credit if activated online not retail.

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

Jennamie — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 22:58:12 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

lheintzman — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:02:48 GMT

If you act before Dec. 31, you can get your mom a Public Mobile SIM for free. Plus a free month's service. See the link below.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Announcements/Get-a-SIM-your-next-30-days-of-service-for-0-in-store/td-p/306559

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

Jennamie — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 01:04:32 GMT

Thank you for your reply.

Would she have to activate the SIM card at the store and will there be an activation fee or can she just pick up the free SIM card at the store and activate it online?

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 01:08:05 GMT

@Jennamie, If you are getting the free SIM, you will need to activate in store. Note that some promos require in-store activation, while others require that you do it yourself (on-line).

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

lheintzman — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 04:30:09 GMT

@Jennamie wrote:
Thank you for your reply.
Would she have to activate the SIM card at the store and will there be an activation fee or can she just pick up the free SIM card at the store and activate it online?

When I took advantage of a similar offer last September, (Wow Boutique), there was no additional “activation fee" per se. However, because this is a prepaid service, I did have to select a plan and pay for it on the spot. Within a couple days, PM then credited my account the full cost of the plan, and there was no charge for the 30 days following the first renewal.

Actually,, I bought two accounts at the same time, so the savings were substantial. And the sales rep handled all the paperwork, including porting both numbers from Koodo and making sure everything was working properly. Couldn't have been easier. All in all, pretty great service

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

lheintzman — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 04:43:30 GMT

Should have mentioned, I took both phones with me into the store. Simplified the transactions and line testing.

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

stonechucker — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:16:50 GMT

Why would you expect to be able to use the Telus SIM? The SIMs are for each 'branded' network.

The phones are now going back to the old style system where for CDMA you required your phone to be 'switched' to the new carrier, by getting eSIM technology happening.

Thank goodness the eSIMs are going to be awhile in getting to Public Mobile - I'll stick with the SIM technology until I can no longer use it.

Re: Reuse of SIM Card from Telus

dumbdobie1 — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:06:41 GMT

@lheintzman wrote:
If you act before Dec. 31, you can get your mom a Public Mobile SIM for free. Plus a free month's service. See the link below.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Announcements/Get-a-SIM-your-next-30-days-of-service-for-0-in-store/td-p/306559

Great tip thanks for sharing:)